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Google Begins Testing Its Augmented-Reality Glasses — If you venture into a coffee shop in the coming months and see someone with a pair of futuristic glasses that look like a prop from “Star Trek,” don't worry. It's probably just a Google employee testing the company's new augmented-reality glasses.

Google's Page: Apple's Android Pique ‘For Show’ — Excerpts: — When you took over as CEO, one of your goals was to take the clear accountability and decision-making of a division like Android and move that out to the rest of the company. How have you done? — I think we have done really well.

Lumia 900 review — It occurred to me that the Lumia 900 review would be one of the more important critiques of a product that I write this year. For those of you who don't know the backstory here, the new LTE-equipped, AT&T-bound smartphone represents what could be the beginning of a new era …

Researcher: Over 1 Million U.S. Cable Subscribers Cut Cord In 2011 — Cable and satellite TV subscription growth slowed down more than had been previously reported, and cord-cutting was a primary factor. But don't worry about it — a revolution that will re-create the current multi-channel access paradigm is still a long way away.

Instagram for Android hits 1m downloads in under 24 hours — Instagram's Android launch has been a successful one, with the company hitting the 1 million downloads mark in less than 24 hours since it became available on the Google Play marketplace. — It app had been a long time coming.

After Eight Years, the Web 2.0 Conference Is Over — Before there was Disrupt or Launch or any of the other myriad of smaller social media confabs, there was Web 2.0. — It was the first conference that chronicled the second coming of the consumer Web. It was a partnership between Tim O'Reilly …

New Swiftkey 3 removes the need for spacebar — Swiftkey has announced the launch of a new version of Swiftkey, the popular Android keyboard, that promises to make typing on the go even easier. — The crux of the new app, Swiftkey 3, now compensates for when you don't hit the space key …

Federal court tosses Colorado's Amazon tax — A federal court has thrown out a 2010 Colorado law meant to spur online retailers like Amazon to collect state sales tax. — The law had already been temporarily blocked in federal court last year, but U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn's ruling Friday permanently handcuffs it.